Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1959 — Page 6

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Additional Charges Filed On Motorists Foil To Appear In Court On Charges Additional charges were filed today by prosecuting attorney, Severin Schurger. against two motorists who failed to appear today in mayor’s court for arrests filed recently by the Indiana state police. Schurger stated that the charge would be for failing to appear as promised. The promise was made when the two offenders sighed the arrest tickets. The two men are Daniel Costello, 19, Decatur, and Richard J. .Johnson, Fort Wayne: Costello was arrested by the state police January 1 on 13th street for [driving while suspended and im- ' proper registration. He was scheduled to appear today at 9 o’clock in answer to the two charges. Johnson was arrested by the state police on U. S. 27, three miles north of Decatur, Decatur 27 for driving while suspended. He was scheduled to appear at 10 o’clock Wemxirt: Both men are to be arrested on the charge of failing to comply as promised. Explosions By U.S. ■Maylorperfoßan" Underground Tests Hard Os Detection WASHINGTON (UPI) — Two U. S. atomic explosions which unexpectedly mimicked earthquakes may have torpedoed chances of an international nuclear test ban. They also have raised the possibility that the Russians, while I engaged in test ban talks at Geneva, could be conducting secret underground atomic experiments unsuspected by the West. In any event, they have triggered new demands in this country for resumption, of U. S. tests aimed at perfecting small nuclear weapons for missie defense and imited warfare. Discolse Fraudulent Behavior The fraudulent behavior .of the two atomic explosions was disclosed by official sources as a result of this week's statement by the White House that scientific detection of underground nuclear tests appears to be more difficult than once supposed. One upshot of the White House statement was the scheduling of closed hearings next Monday and Tuesday at which the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee will qyiz a host of administration officials on U. S. test policy and will thoroughly re-examine the question of whether it is practically possible top police an international ban agreement. Technical experts of the West and East agreed at Geneva last summer that a ban could be policed by 180 detection stations appropriately situated on land and sea. The biggest problem tackled by the experts was underground shots. Radioactivity Is Confined Atomic explosions on the surface or in the air are fairly easy to spot because of the telltale radioactivity they spread through the atmosphere. In deep underground blasts, however, all radioactivity is confined. The experts said, however, that seismographic instruments similar to those which record earthquakes could be counted on to detect underground shots as small as five kilotons (a kiloton being the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT) $25,000 Bracelet Is Lost By Eva Gabor MIAMI BEIACH (UPI) — Actress Eva Gabor lost a $25,000 diamond bracelet here last week end, police reported Wednesday. Officers said Miss Gabor and her mother, Jolie, spent the New Year's week end in a fashionable resort hotel. She missed the bracelet during a party at the Eden Roc Hotel. Kroger Co. Reports 1958 Sales Records j . — ~ FORT WAYNE — Record sales of $1,776,060,167 for 1957 were reported today by the Kroger Co. This is an increase of $101,936,574 over 1957 sales of $1,674,123,593. Sales of the thirteenth four-week period ended December 27 totaled $151,355,444, compared with $143,496,982 for the 1957 thirteenth period. >■ Number of Kroger stores in operation at the close of the year totaled 1.429, compared with 1,421 at the end of 1957. This is the first year since 1929 that Kroger has reported an increased number of stores. Replacement of small older stores with supermarkets has brought the number of Kroger stores from its peak of 5,575 in 1929 to its present total. However, sales are more than six times as highjpday as they were at *that time. - __——— f . More than 85 billion paper towels were used up in the United States in 1958, according to the Tissue Association, Inc., which figured it out to 500 paper towels for every man, woman and child to the country.

Mikoyan Makes One-Day Tour Os Motor City Deputy Premier Os Reds Shielded From Anti-Soviet Pickets DETROIT (UPI) — Russian Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrived by plane today for a whirlwind one-day tour ot the motor capital. Mikoyan was shielded from an initial group of about 50 antiSoviet pickets who were on hand for his arrival. The pickets were allowed to parade in the parking lot on one side of the long administration building at Willow Run Airport. The Soviet party’s plane rolled up to, a giant hangar at the north end of the field, and Mikoyan and his party of other Russian officials were escorted directly from the plane into the hangar. The pickets parading in the parking lot were composed of refugees from the Ukraine, Lithuand Hungary.

Some carried placards. One read, “Whose blood will be next?” Another carried drawings of two skulls and a picture of Mikoyan. One skull had a swastika and one a hammer and sickle, also adorned with a Stalin mustache. Beneath the picture were the words, "You are next, Mik.” The visit, the second in a series of stops at cities across the United States, aroused a reaction by onetime freedom fighters from Hungary and refugees from other Communist-dominated nations who are now living here. Members of the nationality t group met for the past two nights ■ to discuss plans to greet Mikoyan i and display their hatred of him. Tibor Magyar, a former mem- , ber of the Hungarian parliament during the Hungarian revolt against Communism in 1956 and , leader of the anti-Mikoyan demon- . stration, said no violence was ’ planned but no doubt would be left t about their opposition to all the Soviet leader stands for. , Mikoyan, after a brief press ( conference at the airport, was I scheduled to tour the Ford Motor , Co. engineering and research cen- ] ter, the General Motors technical . center and the Chrysler mound I road engine plant before attending . a reception and dinner at the De- ■ troit Club. . . [ The deputy premier Wednesday spent one day in Cleveland as the guest of industrialist Cyrus Eaton. • In his whirlwind tour of the city he pumped strongly for increased . Soviet-American trade and peace- [ ful co-existence of Russia and the I United States. Hungarian and other nationality groups also demonstrated against his Cleveland visit and one Hungarian refugee was arrested when she hurled a rock at the Soviet . leader. l' Phillippi Is Named Guard Commander i t — To Succeed Deßard In National Guard INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Brig. Gen. Wendell C. Phillippi, 40, was appointed today by Governor Handley to succeed Maj. Gen. Carl O. Deßard, 55, who resigned Wednesday as commander of the Indiana National Guard 38th Infantry Division. Phillipi, assistant managing editor of the Indianapolis News, will take over command of the 10,000man division while it is being shaped into a modern pentomic division. His new job also means a promotion to the rank of major general. A combat veteran of World War 11, Phillippi served 27 months in seven campaigns across Italy. France and Germany. He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with cluster, and Purple Heart. He is a graduate of Indiana University. Deßard, 54, resigned late Wednesday in a move that caught Statehouse officials by surprise. Handley, preoccupied with work in connection with the opening of the 91st Indiana General Assembly tdoay, called a news conference to announce Deßard’s resignation. Handley said he hoped Deßard would remain in the service as an “elder statesman.” He praised Deßard for his long service to Hoosiers. Deßard commanded the division since 1953. Formerly of Evansville, he was born in Boone county. He enlisted in the Indiana guard in 1930 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1931. During World War II he commanded the 139th Field Artillery Battalion. ’ Then Gov.- George Craig elevated him to commanding general. J__ , "I-”":”"''' *

( • V, * ■ tit PLANS FOR JOHN DEERE day, to be held Monday, Jan. 19, are nearly complete, according to the Sprunger Implement Co., local John Deere dealer. High spot of the entertainment will be a special prepared color film program to be shown at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Tom Gordon, farm character long popular with John Deere audiences, stars in “Too Young to Retire.” Other film features are "Oddities in Farming.” showing a custom-built pea harvester in Wisconsin, a field-going packing plant for sweet corn in Florida, and a salt recovery operation in San Francisco area; “What’s New for 1959,” introducing the portable, batch-type John Deere grain dryer; “Building the Big Ones,” showing how the giant 95 combines are built. There will also be a number of musical and variety acts, including the John Deere singers and dancers; George Jtohnstone, magician; Willy West arid McGinty, noted pantomimists. In addition to the entertainment, Mart Sprunger, dealer, says there will be a free lunch, demonstrations of tractors and other equipment. John-Deere day Jan. 19 will get underway officially at 9:30 a. gie

Business Activity In County Outlined Credit Report From ~ Dunn & Bradstreet Adams county businessmen will receive 375 of the approximately three million requests from Dunn & Bradstreet for financial statements. , The extent of business activity in Adams county is reflected in the statistics just released by the credit reporting firm. More requests are made each year for credit rating. The Adams county section of the current issue of tiie Dunn & Bradstreet reference book contains listings of 394 local names comprising manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. It does not include some of the service and professional businesses, such as barber and beauty shops, real estate and stock brokers. Thus the figure for Adams county would actually be higher than the 394 quoted above. The number of Listed businesses in the three largest communities in the county are: Decatur, 226; Berne, 86; and Geneva, 47. Better than 95 percent of all commercial transactions in the United States are made on credit terms and the buyer and the seller are brought together by means of credit information. When the owner of a business or his accountant returns his financial statement to Dunn & Bradstreet, the owner has taken the first step in establishing his responsibility as a seeker of credit. The statement becomes a part of the credit report on his business along with a financial analysis, a description of what the business does, and a record of how it pays its bills. On the basis of the information in the report, a rating is assigned and the businessman is listed in the Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book. This makes it possible for his suppliers dnd insurance underwriters, who use the book, to look him -up and in this way he is assisted in getting his goods and insurance. In other words, should a manufacturer or wholesaler receive an order for merchandise from a merchant in Adams county, the listing and the rating of the merchant can be checked in the Reference Book. And it makes no difference where the seller is located. The listing of the Adams county businessmen appears in every issue of the referneje book to the United States. A reference book listing contains the name of the business and the rating. The rating consists of two symbols./ The first, a letter of the alphabet, indicates financial strength or capital. It is the difference between what the business owes and what it owns. The second symbol, a numeral, reflects a composite of financial stability and payment record. Recruiting Drive WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Army Quartermaster General is looking for 1,000 inconspicuously colored German shepherd dogs for service as sentries at Nike and other missile bases. Males less than three years old are preferred. They must stand between 22 and 28 inches at the shoulders and weigh about 60 and 90 pounds. One.other thing: they must not be gunshy, Estimates are that the oil industry will have to spend 140 billion dollars during the next 10 years to keep up with the energy demands of the free world.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1959

Hope For Kidnaped Infant Is Waning NEW YORK (UPI> — Hope waned today for the possible return of tiny Liaa Rose Chionchio, kidnaped from a hospital nursery last Friday less than 2*4 hours after her birth. Police, admittedly without substantial clues or leads, searched sewers, cellars and the Coney Island beachfront in their intensive hunt for the seven-pound infant. Offer Assistance* ~ On Filing Returns Citizens Asked To Complete Returns Self-help again will be the dominant theme in the program of taxpayer assistance offered by internal revenue service during the 1959 federal income tax filing period, Sterling M. Dietrich, director of internal revenue for the Indianapolis ristrict, announced today. RH “Saif, - help," Dietrich said, “means that we would like the taxpayer to complete as much of his return as possible before calling on us for help. In that way both of us will be in a better position when help is needed to get a clear picture of the facts. “As in past years, we are offering an extensive program of taxpayer assistance by telephone. We have a staff of experts to answer almost any federal tax question relating to an individual return. The number to call in Fort Wayne is Anthony 7426. “Many taxpayers may obtain all the information they need by a careful reading of this year's instruction booklets; others may find one of our larger tax guides will provide the needed answers, and for some an ofifce visit piay. appear to be the best solution.’ 3 Dietirch said new editions of tax guides now available to taxpayrs are “Your Federal Income Tax,” “Tax Guide for Small Business,” “Farmers Tax Guide,” and others relating to several specific tax areas. Monday has been designated as taxpayer assistance day in the Fort Wayne office. On this day a sufficient number of employes will be available to render prompt service. Persons who visit the Fort Wayne office on other than the designated assistance day may be required to wait for extended periods because most of the revenue agents wil be away from the office examining tax returns. Dietrich emphasized that telephone service will be available on any weekday from 8 a. m to 4:45 p. m. Displays Huge Lemon Grown Inside Home John Peters, formerly of Preble township, and now living in Decatur, brought to the Decatur Daily Democrat today a lemon which 4 weighed I*4 pounds that he grew in his former home on route one during the past year. Peters said that the huge lemon, which is the size of a normal grapefruit or similar to the size ~ of a softball, bloomed about a year ago, and fell ripe from the tree Tuesday. He grew the lemon in his home on. a small tree that had been transplanted to a vase. • Peters also stated that he has grown similar lemons in the past, but never as large as the one shown here today. Two previous lemons each weighed nearly one pound. Tests mafefey ornithologists indicate that migrating birds can navigate by the stars.